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Indispensable Yet Invisible – Why Performance Support Staff Well-Being and Working Conditions Threaten Player Care in Professional Football
September 18, 2026
This article examines how the well-being and working conditions of performance sport professionals may influence player care, injury risk, and performance outcomes in professional soccer. Visit NSCA online to learn more about sport science and performance staff.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Safety Emergency Procedures Legal Issues Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Professional Development Athlete Support Organizational Culture Workforce Stability Organizational Leadership Staff Wellbeing Strength Coach Sport Science Sport Performance
Integrating Anaerobic Speed Reserve, Intermittent Fitness Test, and Maximum Aerobic Speed Tests for Comprehensive Fitness Evaluation in Soccer
November 17, 2023
This article aims to explain why integrating multiple tests such as Anaerobic Speed Reserve (ASR), Intermittent Fitness Test (IFT), and Maximum Aerobic Speed (MAS) can provide a comprehensive evaluation of soccer players’ fitness levels and help to design effective training programs tailored to their individual needs.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation Soccer Fitness Intermittent Fitness Test Speed
Assessment and Testing of Specific Endurance in Soccer Players
April 1, 2013
The focus of this article is to describe the physiological needs of soccer athletes and then provide assessments for testing endurance of athletes of various ages, abilities, and genders.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation fitness assessment aerobic endurance performance testing Soccer training
Soccer-Specific Speed Drills
May 1, 2017
One common thread that provides an advantage for all soccer players at any position is to be faster than the opponent. Incorporate these drills into your next speed session.
Coaches Exercise Science Soccer Speed Quickness Acceleration Deceleration Explosiveness
Using Age-Specific Benchmarking of Performance Measures to Create Individual Strength and Conditioning Programs
July 1, 2016
Learn about processes of data collection and presentation, and how to use the data to individualize athletes’ training. In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 National Conference, Kevin Paxton demonstrates an age-specific long-term athletic development (LTAD) syllabus for soccer players.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design LTAD Athletic Development Age Specific Training Youth Soccer
Achilles Recovery in Soccer – Best Practices for Regaining Full Speed
December 8, 2025
This NSCA Coach article outlines the best practices for Achilles recovery in soccer. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance and sports recovery.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Professional Development Rehabilitation Tendon Injury Strength Mobility LTAD Lower-Body Soccer Return-To-Play
Development of Biomotor Abilities for Soccer
January 1, 2013
Gain insight into the interactions between strength, power, speed, and agility for soccer players. Also, learn basic programing guidelines that adhere to current research.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design exercise programming soccer drills strength training for soccer soccer training speed soccer
Creating a High Performance Model in U.S. Elite Sport
February 2, 2016
In this session from the 2016 NSCA Coaches Conference, the Sports Science and Performance Manager for the Seattle Sounders Major League Soccer (MLS) team, David Tenney, discusses the “high performance model” in the American elite sports environment. Tenney delves into how this model impacts hierarchy and daily decision making, as well as the obstructions that many organizations face, how this model can help to drive decision making and optimize training strategies, and the different strategies that can help make this happen.
Coaches Program design Professional Development conditioning Mark Kovacs program design multi-sport athlete sports conditioning power strength
Online Training – Recommendations for Improving Fitness in Athletes and General Population
February 19, 2021
In this article, personal trainers and strength and conditioning coaches will learn how Football Club of Mumbaikars has worked to maintain and even improved the fitness profile of its athletes using this online training protocol, and provide a template for how to apply this protocol to the general population.
Personal trainers Program design Muscular Endurance Anaerobic Capacity Pandemic Psychological Preparedness Online Training
Lower Extremity Static Stretching Protocol for the Prevention of Muscle-Tendon Chronic Pain in Soccer Athletes
November 25, 2022
The purpose of this article is to present the reader with the prescription of a daily specific stretching routine that can help athletes avoid the onset of injuries and chronic pain in muscle-tendon structures of the lower extremities.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Soccer Stretching Hamstring Hip Flexors Change of Direction Calf
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